Shell-receiver.



F. v. JOHNSON.

SHELL RECEIVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. |915A rammed OCI. 10,1916.Y

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FRANK V. JOHNSON, vOff? CORNING, NW YORK.

SHELL-RECEIVER.

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lSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented @50h10, 1916.

- Application area June so, 1915. serial no. ames,v

.T au w .Imm it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK V. JoHNsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Corning, in the county ofSteuben and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shell-Receivers; and I do. hereby declare the followingto beta full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make anduse the'sanle,.

rlhis invention relates to new and useful ,improvements in shellreceivers and the principal Object of the invention is to provide adevice which may be readily attached to guns and riies to receive theshells, which are ejected therefrom after they'have been discharged.

Another .object of the invention is to provide a device whichjwilleffectively hold the shells in such a position as to not interfere withthe operation of the gun and will allow the same to be easily removedfor recharging when soV desired.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which maybe easily and quickly clamped on the gun in position to receive thedischarged shells when they are ejected from the gun. With these andother objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinationand arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the `followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which z Figure 1 is a viewillustrating the device attached to a gun or rifle. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view through the receiver, illustrating the same, .in positionto be emptied, in dotted lines, and Fig.. 3 is a view showing theposition of the clampsA with relation to the receiver. Referring now tothe drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as anentirety, the receiver comprising the lower casing 2, the upper end ofwhich is formed with the receiving chamber 3. The

vside wall 4 of the receiving chamber inclines upwardly and outwardlyvas shown,

while the end walls 5 are inclined in a like manner. A suitable openingG is formed on the inner side wall and this inner side wall lies flushwith the inner sidewall ofthe lower chamber 2. The upper end of theinner wall of the upper chamber 3 is provided with oppositely extendingpins or Atrunnions 7, the use of which willappear as the descriptionproceeds.

In order to secure the attachment to the gun, there are provided theU-shaped clips 8,'the arms of which incline inwardly and downwardly asat 9 and are provided With the outturned ends .10. These U-shaped clipsare provided with suitable hinge barrels 11, in which the pins 7 arejournaled.

In order to support the vdevice inthe vertical position, as shown inFig. 2 in the full lines, there isprovided the clip designated generallyby the numeral 12, which is soldered or otherwise secured to the bottomwall ofthe chamber 2. This clip comprises a piece of wire 13 havingformed thereon,

the downward projection 14, which is provided with the laterallyextending arm 15,

the end of which is bent back upon itself as at 16. This wire 16 extendsrearwardly beyond the vertical portion 14 to form the finger hold 17, bywhich the same is manipulated.

In use, it will be apparent that the clips 8 are slipped overthe gun asshown in Figs. l and 2 and the clip 12 is then clamped on the under sideof the gun, thus holding the de-` vice in position so that the opening 6registers with the ejector opening through which the cartridge shellsare thrown out. It will 'be apparent that as the shells are thrown outthey will hit the wall 4 and fall into the chamber 2 and as the chamberbecomes filled it will be evident that the contents thereof may beemptied by releasing the clip 12 and swinging the device into thehorizontal position illustrated in Fig. 2 by the dotted lines, thusallowing theshell to fall out of the entrance opening. ln this way, yitwill be seen that the shells may be saved for reloading, therebymaterially reducing the eX- pense usually entailed in the use of guns,rifles and the like.

lVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention., it is to be understood that such changesmay be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fallwithin the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

Vhat is claimed is A device of the character described comprising acasing provided with a lower chamber, a receiving chamber, saidreceiving chamber having outwardly and upwardly inclined Walls, anzlpertured wail 1n one Side in estimony whereof a': my signature mpzesence o''two Witnesses.

FRA'/ v JGHNSGN.

"Witnesses GHARLES Howm, Amma DEAN.

